Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Pennsylvania

our neighbor is selling his house and property (29 acres, clean and green). since 2 of those acres were across the road from their house and the remaining acreage, and it adjoined our property, they said they would subdivide that 2.09ac and sell to us, and then sell the house and remaining acreage. the subdivision was done, 2 separate deeds recorded, the house was under contract with a real estate agent, it has a buyer's agreement, and closing was scheduled for today. however, they were told they would owe roll-back taxes on the property due to 2.09 ac being split off, and now they don't want to sell us the 2 acres, said closing could be re-scheduled in a week with that 2 ac going to the other buyer. i have several emails going back and forth stating sales price on the 2 acres, information from the attorney on the deeds being recorded, etc. are they able to just back out of their "verbal" agreeement with us and just sell those 2 acres to the other buyer because they don't want to pay the roll back taxes? i say verbal agreement because we never signed an actual contract, but i do have emails stating what was going on and their attorney explaining the process for transferring the deed from them to us, etc. thank you for your help.


Asked on 4/18/13, 6:25 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
William Helzlsouer W. J. Helzlsouer

In order to answer the question, any lawyer would have to review all the documentation. This includes the subdivision plan and filing, proposed agreement, and other documents exchanged, including the emails from the parties and any representative, agents, attorneys.

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Answered on 4/18/13, 6:46 am


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